CrushaTron 54 : Spring IF
A robot illustration using Flash.
After a hard days crushing CrushaTron 54 liked nothing better than springing home. Pogo was his favourite form of transport ever since the robobus drivers had malfunctioned and gone on a mass extermination spree. He was one of the lucky ones as well, being a crushing manager he was given a company pogo.
For “spring” illustration friday, I really don’t want to draw pictures of daffodils ! I’d finished this today and it just seemed to fit, if in a slightly obscure kind of way.
March 31st, 2006 at 2:58 pm
Yah, this is great. I like his grin and the building behind him- he’s definitely on his way home from work. No one should complain about it not being “Spring” enough- that look on his face shouts out spring to me.
Fun stuff. Thanks for the peek.
March 31st, 2006 at 3:11 pm
Great take on the theme! Beautifully rendered and great sense of humor.
March 31st, 2006 at 3:51 pm
this is great! i love your take on “spring”. CrushaTron 54 should know that i am pretty bad ass on the pogo stick and he should watch his back.
March 31st, 2006 at 3:52 pm
i love all your work!
March 31st, 2006 at 6:28 pm
That is one happy bot !
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March 31st, 2006 at 9:00 pm
I really like this interpretation of spring! Very well done!
March 31st, 2006 at 9:03 pm
he looks like a natural on that pogo… great illustration!
April 1st, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Great illo. I love the colors you’ve used as well. Great job…and fun robot.
April 1st, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Yo, RobotJam, hella like it. Great idea for the “spring” theme. I’m diggin’ the added shadows. Cool cartoon, my friend! By the way, this is how “intaglio” works. I cover a flat metal plate with a tar-like substance (it’s been a while so I forgot what it was called), then after it dries, I scratch off the design I want, to reveal the metal’s surface. I then place the plate in a pool of acid (called an “acid bath”). The acid will eat away at the metal, while the part still covered with “tar” is protected. After a certain amount of time (depending on how dark you want the ink to print), the plate is removed, the tar cleaned off, then the plate is ready for printing. Ink is rolled onto the plate, then wiped off. The ink will stay in the acid eaten areas of the plate. The plate is then placed on top of the print paper, and pressed to transfer the image. I had to do several different passes in the acid bath for that particular print, to get the desired effect, and colors. Whew! Hope that answers your question.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:13 am
This is much better than some silly daffodils. Hooray for spring!